Weird and Unusual Criminal Sentences
Men Sentenced to Dress in Drag
Coshocton, Ohio: Judge David Hostetler gave Jason Householder, 23, and John Stockum, 21, two options of punishment for throwing beer bottles at a woman in a car: 60 days in jail or an hour of walking through downtown Coshocton in dresses, wigs and makeup. They chose the dresses. The punishment was meant to teach the young men to respect women, but it may have just taught them how to walk in heels.
Judge Rules Sex Offender Is Too Short for PrisonSidney, Nebraska: Convicted child molester Richard W. Thompson, 50, was given 10 years' probation in lieu of prison time when Judge Kristine Cecava declared that the 5-foot-1 man's stature, combined with the nature of his crime, would put him in danger in jail. Wait, you mean jail is dangerous?
